Reserve carbid-holder for acetylene-gas generators.



A. DUIS.

RESERVE CARBID HOLDER FOR ACETYLENB GAS GENERATORS.

APPLICATION TILED MAR.21,1914.

1,108,979, Patented Sept. 1, 1914.

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To all whom it may concern ofIllinois, have invented anew. and useful Reserve Garbid-Holder for Acetylene-Gas Generators, of which the following is a specification. 4

The present nvention relates to improve' ments in reserve carbid holders for acety-' lene gas generators, the same having'been disclosed previously in applicants patent dated February 24, 1914, No. 1,088,064, one object of the present invention being the provision of a pivotally swung reserve carbid holder mounted within and carried by the main carbid holder in combination with means carried by the bell and in the path of the pivoted reserve carbid holder, whereby the bell may be oscillated to tilt an empty the reserve carbid holder. I

A further object of the present invention is the provision of a reserve carbid holder comprising a receptacle connected to a rod, said rod being pivotally mounted in the main carbid holder in the path to receive the carbid when filling the main carbid holder so as to insure the filling ofthe reserve carbid holder, the outer end of the rod beingprojected beyond the main'carbid holder and extended upwardly to receive means carried by the bell so that the bell when oscillated will tilt the reserve carbid holder and precipitate the carbid into the main carbid holder. 1

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the inven-' tion.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a vertical central sectional view of the upper portionof a complete acetylene gas generator with the present carbid holder in operable relation thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail illustrating the various positions of the reserve carbid holder and the hell.

Referring to the drawings, the generating casing 1 has mounted thereupon the gas washer 2 and superposed thereabove is the Specification of Letters ra a.

' Application filed March 21 1914. Serial No. 826,285.

. Patented Sept. 1., 1914..

tachable plugged inlet 4 by means of which carbid is placed within the main carbid holder. A bell 5 is disposed to encompass or incase these members so that the same may be raised or lowered due to the increasing and decreasing volume of the gas. The hell 5 is provided with a handle 6 by means of which the same may be oscillated as will presently appear. f

A rod 7 is journaled-within "the upper main carbidholder 3 provided with the de- Be it known "that I, ALBERT'1DUIS, a citi zen of the United States, residing 'atf Strea'tor, in the county of Lasalle and State portion of the main-carbid holder and is provided with an'arm 8 which is disposed exteriorly thereof and projected above 1 the upper surface, there beingattached'to the rod 7 within the main carbid holder two ap'ertured lugs '9 which carry the reserve carbid holder or curved plate 10. This reserve carbid holder or curved plate 10 isdisposed directly below the inlet 4, so that whenever the main carbid holder isfilled or charged with carbid, the receptacle 10 will also be filled, thus insuring at all'times the proper filling of the reserve carbid holder.

Attached by means of the-valved cock 11,

to the under side of the top of the hell .5-

and for disposition above the arm 8 of the rod 7 is a plate 12, provided with the two downwardly depending and parallel lugs 13, which whenthe bell is in its lowermost position due to the decreasedvolume of gas,

the upper end of the arm'B will be disposed therebetween or as illustrated in Fig. 2, so that when the hell 5 is oscillated through-the instrumentality of the handle 6, the arm 8 will be engaged by one .of the flanges or lugs 13 and thus be caused to assume the dotted line position asshown in Fig. 2, this action tilting the receptacle 10'so that the carbid held therein in reserve is emptied or dumped into the main carbid holder.

The reserve carbid holder is of such a capacity as to' furnish sufficient gas for a.

nights use, so that the apparatus need not be disturbed for recharging until daylight.

What is claimed is:

1. In an acetylene gas generator, the combination with a main carbid hold-er and a bell disposed thereabove for vertical and oscillatory movements, of a reserve carbid receptacle mounted within the main carbid holder, and cooperable means carried thereby and the bell, wherebywhen the bell is in its lowermost position and is oscillated, the reserve carbid receptacle is emptied.

2. In an acetylene gas generator, the combination with a main carbid holder and 'a bell mounted to surround thesame for oscillatory and vertical movements, of a reserve carbid holder, including a receptacle mounted in the upper portion'of the main holder for swinging movement, an arm carriedtherebyand projecting exteriorly'of the main carbid holder, and a lug carried by,

and projecting from the under side of the bell fordisposition in the path of said arm whereby whenthe bell is oscillated, the re- 'serve carbid receptacle is tilted and emptied. f

3. In an aeetylenejgas generator, the comjecting exteriorly of andv above the main 'carbid holder, and means carriediby the bell for dispositionin the path of to engage said arm when the bell is in its lowermost position and the bell is oscillated.

' 4. In an acetylene gas generator, the combination with a ma n carbid holder provided with a carbid inlet and a bell surrounding the same for oscillatory and vertical movements,"of a reserve carbid holder,

, including a rod mounted for swinging movement within the main carbid holder and directly below the carbid inlet thereof, a reserve carbid receptacle suspended from said rod and movable therewith, an arm connected to the outer end of the rodand projecting exteriorly'of and above the main carbid h0lder,.and a plate attached to the under side of the dome of the 'bell and having mtWQ parallel flanges extending therefrom for disposition in the path of to engage the arm of the rod when the beli 1:5

in its-lowermostjposition, whereby when the bell is oscillated therocl and receptacle are tilted to empty the reserve carbid.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as ,myown, I have hereto aflixed my signaturein the presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT ours. lVitnesses H WV. ILJONES,

Rorrr BITENOUR.

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